Editor,
I’ve been reading your letters pages and am happy to find something better than what appears in the local dumb rag (the Journal).
Trump reminds me of Rupert Pupkin, the comic wannabe in Scorsese’s “The King of Comedy” who kidnaps a talk show host (Jerry Lewis) to get ten minutes on the program. I kind of like Trump’s unfiltered rant -- it’s audacious, but what he proposes is usually ugly, in line with the Republican agenda.
The guy who scares me more than Trump is Jeb Bush. I lived in Florida when he was governor, and his only notable achievement was stealing the 2000 presidential election for his idiot brother. The full details of this sordid heist, involving a spurious “Felon Purge,” have been provided by independent journalist Greg Palast, among others.
I particularly liked the letter from Livingstone Morlan, which made a strong case for a scientifically literate country. I would just add that art is equally important. Think of what The Captain, Robin Williams, said about poetry in “Dead Poets Society.” Imagination is as powerful as logic, reason and the scientific method.
Sincerely,
Bret Raushenbush
Daily Lobo reader
